Idioms 1
to agree with someone.
What is to see eye to eye?
Indicates that you are describing something briefly
A temporary job that a student or recent graduate takes in order to get experience in the area they want to work in
What is the internship?
social class of intellectuals
What is the intelligentsia?
Understand what somebody is saying
What is to make out?
treat someone in an unfriendly way.
What is to give someone the cold shoulder?
become very confused when trying to explain something
What is tie yourself in knots?
to start a new hobby
What is to take up a new hobby?
medicine to make you feel stronger
What is the tonic?
Talk to someone as if you think they are not as clever or as important as you are
What is talk down to?
to tell someone about something that has been worrying you.
What is to get something off your chest?
make no progress in an argument or discussion
What is go round in circles?
to start working, start a career
What is to embark on?
grey and brown stripy cat
What is the tabby?
change from one subject to another
What is to turn to?
aimless search for something
What is a wild goose chase?
a key test which proves the value, quality or the truth of something
What is the acid test?
start a course (at university)
What is to enrol on a course?
net hung and used as a bed
What is the hammock?
Interrupt
What is cut in?
jealousy
What is a green-eyed monster?
a problem which cannot be avoided because it causes another problem
What is the vicious circle?
learning a skill from a qualified employer by working for a fixed period at low wages
What is an apprenticeship?
the feeling of being alone; it has positive connotations, such peaceful, calm, at one with the universe
What is the Waldeinsamkeit?
Make someone understand what you are trying to say
What is get through to?